The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-12
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.


the Wabash.
j. l.. Lathrop has been appointed general pay
master of the Chicago. Burlington Quincy
Railroad Company.
The Indianapolis car works have put in an
electric plant, by the use of which they push
work both day and night
Official notice has been given of the appoint
ynent of G. L. Shaw as secretary of tho Chicago
local committee on east bound traffic, vice L. y.
Moore, joint agent, resigned.
The platform men at the c.. J., ST. l.. & G.
depot handled in the year 1886 1888 carloads OF
freight, of this number g. 1856 were unloadad,
$50 loaded and ], 302 transferred.
The agent of one fast freight line was called
on Yesterday for $50 box ears 10 load for the
East at full tariff rates. He could finish but
Ave, which shows that ears are still scarce.
The fact that P. d. Armour has been in ST.
Paul for several days has caused revival of the
old rumor that be is to become the president of
tho Chicago Milwaukee & st. Paul railway sys-
tenn.
The Wabash people yesterday sent some
thirty cars over to one Of the elevators to be
loaded muth to the discomfort of competitors,
who are c9i.adent that the road is cutting rates
out of I
Justus Adams has been awarded the contract to
furnish 3509 COO bricks for the walls of the
Union RAILWAY station and Fletcher & Co the
contract to furnish 1,500, 900 pressed brick for
the building
W. e. Cunningham, train u aster of the ST.
Louis, keokuk % Northwestern ana chicago,
Burlington 81 Kansas City, is to be made assist
ant general superintendent of those lines vice G.
NJ. Levey, promoted.
All Philadelphia &, Reading railroad ware
housemen and freight agents, whose salaries ex-
eeed $500 year, have been notified that, dating
trom the 18th day Of January. 1887, their sala-
ries will be reduced from to 20 per cent.
Broken rails ars beginning to become more
numerous. Troubles of this character the best
of roads are not exempt FROM but on ali lndl
annapolis lines extra precautions are being taken
10 prevent accidents from the breaking of
rails.
Under the new deal Of the official roster Of the
American Express Company, r. d. Hughes will
be general superintendent Of what is to be
known tho Southwestern division, and which
covers the States Of Ohio. Indiana and Pennsyl-
vania
The Northwestern passenger agreement among
the lines competing for Chicago and St Paul
business has expired and. the agents have
failed to agree on a now gross money pool, it IS
very probable that there will be war OF rates
in the Northwest.
E. l. Sackell, train dispatcher of the Boston g
Albany railroad at West Springfield, has been
made superintendent OF the SDrin gfeld division,
extending from Worcester to Pittsfeid, lncud-
Eng the Athol and Ware River branches, in place
of the late Charles T.. Grover.
u, L.. IL.
handsome earnings. The report of Treasurer
Osborne shows thst in the first Ave months of
the fiscal year the road earned surplus of 500,
DDS. 50, increase the surplus of the cor
responding five months. 1855, of &i7,90l 80.
1t is stated that the syndicate which owns the
Cincinnati, Hamilton g. Dayton and the Dayton
81 Ironton road has about completed negotiations
through which they will secure control of the
Dayton g. Toledo road, which ls ninety five
miles in length and runs from Dayton to Del
phos.
There is something of racket between the
trunk lines regarding west bound traffic. 1t is al
legged that of the lines cutting rates. Fol
instance, tne rate on sugar from New York tc
Indianapolis ia % cents per 100 pounds, and one
of the lines 1t Ia stated, handling the business
at III cents per 100 pounds.
The annual meeting Of the stockholders OF 'the
ST. Louis Vandalia d. Terre Haute Railroad
Company was held at Greenville yesterday. The
annual report for the year ending Oct. 81
1885, shows gross receipts ST. Alb $50 Is; expenses
$l0l1. IA 54 Get earnings, s467, 185. Ga The ole
board Of directors vas re elected.
President Huntington, OF the Chesapeake &
Ohio railroad, failed to scoop ia the Hooking
Valley by bringing about organization at the
annual meeting yesterday. John w. Shaw. of
New York. chosen president in place OF
Stevenson Burke, of Cleveland. and William M
Green was re- elected vice presd dent and genera
manager.
TIE New Albany Ledger says Inc Tell Cit,
DraOch or the II. IL. cC Ot. L. AIT line Is TO o
bulls to Gentryvills. We don't furnish tn
morey, but we may be allowed to suggest tina
II the company wants to make good invest
tnent o. it. the line should be built to Hunting
burg Il would pay better than the Gentryvill
line ever will.
only agents Of rosds which sell tckets, is in
fair way to be organized. The ticket agents O
all but two roads have agreed to put up the fol
felt of s25 which they must pay II they cut
Ao%n I'D Il &hAvVr all rbA Nfo-r
agents take hold Of the reform in earnest, it vii
be grand thing for all the roads interested.
u. K. Folsom, agent Of the American EXPIRES
Company, has been asked 70 take the agency G
the conf any AT St. Lonis. Some months sine
the agent OF that point resigned, and c. E. Roo
has been acting agent. Mr.. Folsom has tn
matter under consideration, but it is hoped h
will Decline as by his clever methods of doin
business hs has made himself very popular here
The lack Of uniformity Of the tariffs of South
ern roads Is much complained of by Norther
general freight agents 1t is often impossible t.
name a rate to o. shipper, so at variance are tn
classifcations 6 nd tariffs of the Southern lines
and, as the business in that direction is stead
increasing since the gauge of Southern road
was made to conform to that of the Norther
roads, the matter is becoming quite o seriou
one.
Vice president Shnn, formerly with tn
Pennsylvania lines, now of the Now York
New ENGLAND railroad, was the first railway off
cial TO give public expression to the need Of pub
ticity in railroad rates. The desirabihty of es
tabiishing the principle that there shall be n
eecret rebates or drawbacks, but that the exac
price paid by all shippers shall be open and put
lie, is now beginning to be generally admitted b
railroad men.
There seems to be but little doubt that it
che in GER ton of NJ. f. ingalls,, president of II
g., l., 81 u. & O., to extend the Columbus d
vision westward. In speaking of the matte
enc Of the engineers of a recent survey of til
proposed line states that the roughness Of tt
country and the difficulty of building the exter
sion has been exage Grated Through the mos
billy portion OF the line the road can be built
very reasonable sum, with grades in no case
exceed sixty feet to the mile.
j. E. Gimperlinr, general superintendent
tho Dayton & Ironton road. and General Freigl
Agent Williams were in the city yesterday c